LOGAN SQUARE — The Milwaukee Avenue Arts Fest will return next week to transform Logan Square into Chicago's biggest pop-up art district.
Fest organizers announced the full artist lineup Wednesday for the 6th annual arts gathering, set for June 27-29. The three-day cultural event will transform Logan Square into a pop-up art district, with a diverse collection of local and national-touring bands, food vendors and interactive family activities.
The festival, presented by I AM Logan Square, takes place in the heart of Logan Square — Milwaukee Avenue from Kedzie Avenue to the intersection of Diversey and Kimball avenues.
The one-of-a-kind street fair will feature dozens of visual artists, two stages of live music, pop-up art galleries and installations, interactive activities and food from the neighborhood restaurants like Reno and Lula Cafe.
Weekend offerings at the fest include a slew of family friendly events such arts and crafts, sand pits, face painters, exotic petting zoo, Busy Beaver Button workshops and dance classes.
The full music lineup:
Friday, June 27
North Stage
Hologram Kizzie a.k.a. Psalm One - 8:45 p.m.
DJ Lugo Rosado featuring The Latin Music Project - 7:15 p.m.
Royal Pines - 5:45 p.m.
South Stage
Night Moves - 8:30 p.m.
Treasure Fleet - 7 p.m.
Damn Choir - 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 28
North Stage
Tré - 8:15 p.m.
Secret Colours - 6:45 p.m.
North By North - 5:15 p.m.
Rabble Rabble - 4 p.m.
Black Bear Combo - 2:30 p.m.
Street Sounds - 12:30 p.m.
South Stage
Sierra Leone's Refugee All-Stars - 8:15 p.m.
Landmarks - 6:45 p.m.
VILLAGE - 5:30 p.m.
Electric Hawk - 4:30 p.m.
Pat Sansone - 3:30 p.m.
Kory Quinn - 1:30 p.m.
Intonation Music Workshop All-Stars - 12:15 p.m.
Sunday, June 29
North Stage
Angel Melendez - 8:15 p.m.
Baliff - 6:45 p.m.
The Funs - 5:45 p.m.
Melkbelly - 5 p.m.
Angel d' Cuba - 3:30 p.m.
Opposition Party - 2:00 p.m.
Will Phalen - 12:30 p.m.
South Stage
The Blind Shake - 8:30 p.m.
Archie Powell and the Exports - 7 p.m.
Tyvek - 5:30 p.m.
Mazes - 4:15 p.m.
Negative Scanner - 3:30 p.m.
Vamos! - 2:30 p.m.
Little Fires - 1:45 p.m.
Quarter Mile Thunder - 12:15 p.m.
The full visual arts lineup:
Amie Sell
Autotelic
Beauty & Brawn
Comfort Station
E. Aaron Ross
Falon Mihalic
F'art Collective
Guanyu Xu
Hye-Jeong Lee
Inuit: Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art
Jesús Mejía + Ruth
Kayla Nirschel
Klaus Pinter
Megan Cho
PRAA
Scott Wolniak
Seung Jae Kim
SLAC
Society of Smallness
Woman Made
The festival requests a $5 donation to benefit I AM Logan Square. Hours are 5-10 p.m. June 27; noon-10 p.m. June 28 and 29. For more information email info@imalogansquare.com or visit the fest website.
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